Joseph black



(No Model.) l

` J. BLACK. DELIVERY ATTAGHMENTPOR GAN MACHINES.

180.1117858. Patented Dec. 24.1889.

IIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIl IIINIIH UNITED STATES PATENT. OEEICE.

JOSEPH BLACK, OF sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

.DELIVERYATTAOHMENT Foa CrmivanoHlmas;

SPECIFICATION forming part ef Letters raient Ne. 417,856, dated December24, lese. Application led July 8, 1889. Serial No. 316,855. (No model.)

To all whom Lft may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BLACK, a citizen of the United States,residingr in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California,have invented an Improvement in Delivery Attachments for Can-Machines;and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

My invention relates, generally, to the class of can-machines, and itrelates especially to the delivering devices therefor, by which the cansare taken from the machines proper and delivered at 'any given point.

Though my invention is applicable to any can-machine from which it isrequired to receive the cans in a horizontal or inclined position and todeliver them in an upright position,4 it isespecially applicable as anattachment for a soldering-machine, in which the cans are rolled in asuitable way or trough through a batlrof molten solder therein.

My invention consists in the novel combination of the guides or tracksand the traveling carrier, hereinafter fully described, and specificallypointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figure l is a perspective view of my' deliveringattachment, looking down upon it from one side and showing it inconnection with. the end of a soldering-machine, and showing also onecan about to be delivered upon the 'guides or tracks and one candelivered upon the underlying carrier in an upright position. Fig. 2 isa plan of my attachment. Fig. 3 is a cross-Section on -line :v a: of

' Fig. 2.

A is the end of the trough or way of a common forni of can-solderingmachine, and B is the usual drlver or chain, which bears upon the top ofthe series of cans and rolls them along at an inclination in thc troughor way, with their lower ends moving in the solderbath. At the end ofthis trough'or way, and in communication with its lower side, is a trackor guide C, having a back'ange c. Opposite to this track or guide isatrack or guide D, which is in communication with the upper side ofttheway or trough A, said trackor' guide D being set at an inclinationlaterally, or in the direction of its width, as shown in Fgsl and3, andsaid track or guido D is sufficiently higher, as shown in Fig. 3, thanthe track; or guide C to give an inclinationguide D has also a back anged, which may or may not be set at an inclination with respect to thelength of the track or guide. The track or guide C is shorter than thetrack or guide D, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

E is a carrier upon which the cans are to be deposited. The receivingend of this carrier passes under the short track or guide C, and islocated in a plane lower than said track or guide. I have here shown thecarrier asa belt, though a turn-table orother form of moving carriermight be employed. At the end ofthe longertrack or guide D is a stop d.

The operation of the device is a'.lsollows: The cans, being rolledalong, as usual, in the soldering-trough A, reach its end and then rollupon the opposing tracks or guides C D, which, on account of theirposition, preserve the inclination of the cans. flanges 'c and dof thesetracks or guides the cansroll along until reaching the end of the shorttrack or guide O, and still rolling on the longer track or guide D,their lower ends drop olf the end of the short track or guide onto thecarrier E below, and this drop, as-

Between the sisted by the previous inclination of the cans and theircontinuance` at their upper ends on the longer track or guide, causesthem to assume an upright position upon the traveling carrier, and thisposition is assured positively by their contact with the end stop clofthe longer track or guide,from which they can release themselves onlyby turning to a perfectly-upright position, in which position they clearthe stop, the can in Fig. 1 being shown about to reach a vperfectposition on end. The object of turning the cans on end is to enable thesolder-to set better while the can is in an upright position than if itwere continued "in an inclined position, as it will set more evenlyaround the flange on the end of the can, and as the cans are-carriedalong on the belt the solder has time to cool.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is`

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1. Adelivery'attachment for can-machines,

consisting of the combination of the shorter track or guide C, thelaterally-inclined longer track or guide D, opposite to the track orguide C and extendinr beyond its end7 said longer track or guide I)having a stop at its end,and the traveling carrier in co1n1nunicationwith and below the end of the shorter track or guide, said carrierextending opposite to but in a lower plane than the guide or track D,whereby the lower end of the can drops from the track or guide C ontothe carrier, while its upper end continues upon the track or guide D,and, meeting with the stop of said y track or guide D, is caused toassume an upright position on said carrier, substantially as hereindescribed.

2. In combination with the trough or way of a soldering-machine in whichcans are advanced, the shorter track or guide C, in coininunieation withone Side of the trough or Way, thev laterally-inclined longer track. orguide D, inconnu unication with the other suie of the trough or way andhaving a Stop atlts end, and the travelingr carrier E below the end ot'the Shorter track or guide, and extending opposite to but in a lowerplane than the longer track or guide D7 whereby the lower end of the candrops oit the end ofthe shorter track or guide onto the carrier Whileits upper end is still on the track or guide l), and, meeting` with thestop of saidtrack or guide D, is caused to assume an upright position onsaid carrier, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOSEPH BLACK. \Vitnesses:

J No. Ik LYoNS, J'. II. MORSE.

